J Shell interviews Dr. Jim Bailey, a retired professor of wildlife biology at Colorado State University, where he taught big game management and wildlife nutrition. He is the author of Principles of Wildlife Management and American Plains Bison: Rewilding an Icon. In retirement, Dr. Bailey has surveyed the status of the conservation and rehabilitation of bison in the United States. He is a member of the Board of the Gallatin Wildlife Association and the founder and coordinator of the Montana Wild Bison Restoration Coalition. In this interview, he talk about efforts to restore public wild bison to the Charles M. Russell Wildlife Refuge in northern Montana.